Background
Porter, Junior, Wayne D. was born on July 27, 1947 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, United States.
Porter, Junior, Wayne D. was born on July 27, 1947 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, United States.
West Virginia University (B.S.A.E., 1969). University of Cincinnati. Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Worked at Rankin, Hill, Lewis & Clark (Cleveland, Ohio) specializing in Patent, Trademark and Copyright, Trade Secret and Unfair Competition, Licensing and Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Virginia. 1976, District of Columbia and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Ohio.
1977, Ohio; 1985, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
1980, United States. Supreme Court. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1974-1975. Member, Judicial Candidates Committee, Citizens League of Greater Cleveland, 1985-1986. Author: "A Fight Between Friends: Environmental Protection Agency v.
The National Environmental Policy Acting of 1969," 62 Georgetown Law Journal 913-35, February, 1974.
"When Not To Get A Patent," The Lawyers Brief, Volume 17, Number. 9, May, 1987. Member: Cleveland (Member, 1979-1986 and Chairman, 1983-1984, Grievance Committee.
Member, Ad Hoc Commission to Create the Public Advertising Resource Service, 1986) and Ohio State Bar Associations. Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, 1985 and Chairman, 1986-1987, Antitrust Committee).
Member, Judicial Candidates Committee, Citizens League of Greater Cleveland, 1985-1986.